The small town of 17501 Akron, Pennsylvania is home to many families and businesses, but it is also a place of local politics. The town has an elected mayor who serves as the leader of the small community, and they are supported by a Town Council made up of five members. These members are tasked with making decisions that affect the entire town in areas such as law enforcement, infrastructure, and public services. They also create laws and ordinances to ensure that the citizens of 17501 Akron are kept safe and healthy. In addition to these representatives from the town, there are also state representatives from the area who have been elected to represent the interests of the people living in this part of Pennsylvania. All these political figures work together with residents to ensure that their needs are met while maintaining a strong sense of community spirit.
The political climate in Zip 17501 (Akron, PA) is somewhat conservative.
Lancaster County, PA is somewhat conservative. In Lancaster County, PA 41.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lancaster county remained very strongly Republican, 56.9% to 41.2%.
Lancaster county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 17501 (Akron, PA) is somewhat conservative.
Akron, Pennsylvania is somewhat conservative.
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania is somewhat conservative.
Lancaster Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Akron, Pennsylvania: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 17501 (Akron)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 247 contributions totaling $6,580 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 63 contributions totaling $4,144 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)